Evaluation of thin needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis and management of vertebral osteomyelitis (VO)

Int J Infect Dis. 2006 Nov;10(6):486-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.02.011. Epub 2006 Jul 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hospitals, Teaching
  • Hospitals, Urban
  • Humans
  • Male
  • New York City
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy*
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology
  • Osteomyelitis / pathology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Spinal Diseases / pathology
  • Spine / microbiology
  • Spine / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents